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Sibelius Theatre Music

A glance at my comparative trio will tell you that we’ve not been short of memorable readings of Pelléas et...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2004

Mahler Das Klagende Lied

This performance is dubbed “world premiere recording” on the grounds that it enshrines all Mahler’s original thoughts on the work....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/1998

Britten String Quartet Works

The Sorrel Quartet go a fair way to convincing me that their performances of Britten’s quartet music are worth hearing...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1996

Mozart Divertimento K563

In Italian it means “amusement”. Apply it to music and “divertimento” could mean light or recreational. For the Hermitage String...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2011

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

When I reviewed the recording of Bach’s four Orchestral Suites by this group (Harmonia Mundi, 8/96), I remarked that performances...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1999

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

The First and Second Symphonies that round off Dohnanyi's Cleveland Beethoven cycle were recorded last October and December and show...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1989

Schubert Trout Quintet, D667; String Quartet, D810

How good that both these much loved Trouts are now available on CD. In sound both come up remarkably well,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1988

Bach Suite No 2; Handel Water Music

While this music-making is very enjoyable in its way, whether it can legitimately be described as 'Legendary' is another matter....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1988

Ockeghem: Sacred Choral Works

In name, Ockeghem's Missa prolationum may well be more famous than any other piece of fifteenth-century music. Written in mensural...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 9/1989

Walton conducts Walton

At first sight this might seem to be a straightforward CD transfer from the EMI Treasury LP which I reviewed...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

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